Böcker av Cláudio Carvalhaes

Paperback with full-color interior artwork by Marc H. Ellis.Cláudio's every literary, liturgical, artistic expression is an exquisitely magical reflection of God's truly radical love. Cláudio always embodies this most selfless and yet lifegiving form of love in the most vibrant, imaginative, gentle, surprising and inspirational of ways. Here in his latest book, he blesses his readers abundantly with his theological brilliance, his compassionate heart for all in God's creation, his unending cry for justice for all . . . Dr. Jenny Te Paa DanielTe Mareikura & Interim Director National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa, New Zealand"Every landscape is a multi-scape." Cláudio Carvalhaes has given us yet another gift in this collection of performance-lectures turned essays. With deep care, Carvalhaes weaves together literary and historical sources to better attune readers to inventories and aspirations of the multivalent present. Join in this conversation, this dance, this song.Robert O. Smith (Chickasaw Citizen)University of North Texas Professor Cláudio Carvalhaes is a household name both in Brazil and the US and one of this century's most consequential religious scholars. An artist-sentient-thinker, Carvalhaes thinks/speaks with his entire body, in a grounded manner....Raimundo César Barreto, Jr.Associate Professor of World ChristianityPrinceton Theological Seminary

The ritual of eating and drinking together is one of the most important Christian events. Often called Eucharist, Lord's Supper, or Communion, this sacrament is about the presence of Christ transforming not only those who participate in it but also the world. In this book, the author engages this Christian liturgical act with movements of people around our globalized world and checks the sacramental borders of hospitality. The author calls our attention to the sacramental practices of Reformed churches and, from this liturgical practice, challenges Christian churches to expand the borders of hospitality. Engaging several critical lenses around the notion of the sacrament--namely, Greco-Roman meals, Calvin's theology, and feminist and Latin American theologies--the author challenges theological and liturgical understandings of the Eucharist. He fosters an interreligious dialogue around the table and ends up using ritual theory to expand the circles of traditions, vocabularies, and practices around the sacrament. Proposing a borderless border eucharistic hospitality, the author encourages readers to ask who and where we are when we get together to eat and drink, and how this liturgical act around Jesus' table/meal can transform the lives of the poor, our communities, societies, and the world.